"I have come to the frightening conclusion that, I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that create the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a life miserable of joyous. I can be a tool of torture of an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized, or de-humanized."
Quoted From: Teaching Students with Learning Problems, 8th Edition, Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011)
It is my personal approach that create the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a life miserable of joyous.
I can be a tool of torture of an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized, or de-humanized."
Quoted From: Teaching Students with Learning Problems, 8th Edition, Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011)